This week's hike was on the Bartram Trail from Courthouse Gap to Windy Gap. This is an excellent hike through a great hardwood forest in the mountains of N.E. Georgia. Hiking this time of year gives a nice shade canopy for the entire hike. If the trail is hiked during the winter months, there are great mountain views. The trail is accessed from a connector trail near Camp Pinnacle just north of Clayton, GA.

TRAIL INFO. - The Bartram Trail is very well maintained and the footing is excellent. First, you take about a half-mile connector trail up to Courthouse Gap and it is a significant climb. From Courthouse Gap you turn left onto the Bartram Trail and continue climbing and climbing with a few flat areas between.

Distance hiked - approx. 8 miles - Moderately difficult due to elevation gain of more than 1,000 feet.

Directions: Take Warwoman road out of Clayton for .8 miles, and you'll see a sign for Pinnacle Camp. Take a left turn off Warwoman Road onto Pinnacle Dr. Follow that road all the way, 1.1 miles, passing the camp, to Courthouse Gap Road. Take a right, and go .2 miles until you see a gravel road, with parking areas beneath power lines. Park there, and walk up that road about a tenth of a mile, over one culvert, until you see the trail heading left, up some rock steps, just before a second culvert.

Another great day for a hike! Fair with temperatures ranging from the lower 70's to 90 F.